Tutorial Tuesday

I wore my awesome embroidered shoes to work today. And I am so thankful for all the compliments I got of them! (makes me beam) I promised a few people at work that I would teach them how to make them, so I thought "WHY NOT PUT IT ON MY BLOG!" So that is what I will do. And this leads us to the birth of a new segment called TUTORIAL TUESDAY!

I've decided that I will post tutorials of things that I think are useful on Tuesdays. This could be either things that I think are awesome from other sites (which I'll link you up to), or of things that I have created and made a tutorial for.

And without further delay (drum roll please........... ) TUTORIAL TUESDAY!!!


First things first you need to pick a pair of shoes.
You can choose to use new shoes if you want, but the great thing about using old shoes is that you can add the stitching very very easily. (newer shoes tend to be more stiff)

So I picked my old comfy green shoes (H&M).

Next you need to add your design to the shoes (unless you are totally crazy and want to free style it, if that's the case... Go for it! Get inspired and do your thing!)

I used a marker to add a triangle pattern to the shoe.

 

Then I did a back stitch over the patter. Make sure you don't start doing hard core embroidery yet. Doing a back stitch makes it a lot easier (embroidering shoes can be tough because of the material, this technique will save your thumbs and needles too much hard work.

 I found this amazing stitch guide on Pinterest! But I couldn't find the original source. I used the back stitch to stitch on the triangle pattern.

Once your done adding the pattern onto it, it'll look something like this. (mine is pretty messy, I didn't really worry too much about perfection in this project because I wanted a very bohemian feel, but if you want a crisper feel, then you might need to make straighter lines). Once you've done this, it's time to add the triangles on . You can keep with doing a back stitch hooking onto the red threads that are already there. This is really important DO NOT STITCH INTO THE FABRIC at the point. Instead, stitch into the red lines that are already on the shoe.

I wish I had a picture of how I actually did the stitching for the triangles, but I'm sure that you all will be able to figure that out.

In the end you'll have a wonderful pair of shoes to wear and show off to your friends.

I'm working on a PDF illustration for the whole process that can be uploaded later. But until that day comes (which I'm pretty sure will be soon) all I have is the rough draft.

Please forgive me if there are any spelling, grammar, or other mistakes. My spelling is atrocious, and my grammar isn't all that to write home about either. BUT I can be creative, and I hope that will make up for it.

Embroidery Tutorial Rough Draft

Hope to add more cool things to this blog soon!!!
Blessings!

First Day New Job!

Today was my first official day at my new job. So it mainly consisted of meetings all day.
But that didn't stop my heart from going on a few roller coaster rides. I'm not very much a meeting person, I'm more of the hands on type. All throughout the day I was itching to see where I'd be teaching, where the "creativity" would take place. I felt like a kid who was itching to play outside, but stuck inside doing my homework. (which is good for me and I did learn a lot, but we all know playing is more fun!) Throughout the day I was in need of comforting voice, to settle me down. And the verse that kept coming to me was...

 Philippians 4:6-7 "⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.." 

It's so comforting to hear that, Don't be anxious about anything... and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. .. I definatly was at fault, being anxious and worried about the new school, the new year.... But once I settled down and listed to God and his word, and I gave him my request, I knew that it would be all good. He is in control. 



I hope you will enjoy the little tid bit and insight into today's personal experience. I didn't really have anytime to do artsy craftsy fun stuff today,,, But I did make a little post card in reference to today's experience. I like to think that it's from God to me. 

more to come later,
blessings.

My First Post

Today is my first post! I'm a little nervous... putting things out in the unknown. I like being creative and trying new things out, so I thought "Why not start a blog??". I know that there are a lot of creative people out there, starting blogs, making things, doing crafts, testing out recipes, and things like that...and the chances of me being unique or different are very small... BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM WRITING! I don't know who will read my blog, or who will like it, but I'm sure someone out there might.

So... in honor of kicking off my new blog, I have decided to post a project that I have been working on the last couple of days in my free time!


I have this really old pair of H&M flats that are super comfortable. But, they were starting to look a little too shabby for wearing to work.

     (they even match our floor tile)

So I decided to start embroidering them! I did some sketches and decided that a simple bohemian style might be nice.

I used bright embroidery floss to create triangles. I then did the mirror sequence of colors for my left foot.

 They turned out pretty nice and ready for teaching art!! Nothing says art teacher quite like nice colorful shoes.


Hope to be delighting who ever may read this with another creative post soon!